1926 Tennessee Docs football team

American college football season

1926 Tennessee Docs football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Gil Reese (1st season)
Home stadium	Hodges Field
Seasons← 1925

1926 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Loyola (LA)		–		10	–	0	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		8	–	0	–	0
Howard		–		7	–	0	–	0
Delaware State		–		1	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Navy		–		9	–	0	–	1
Wesley		–		6	–	1	–	0
Texas Tech		–		6	–	1	–	3
Davidson		–		7	–	2	–	1
Georgetown		–		7	–	2	–	1
William & Mary		–		7	–	3	–	0
Hampden–Sydney		–		5	–	2	–	3
George Washington		–		5	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers		–		4	–	2	–	1
Spring Hill		–		3	–	2	–	1
Texas A&I		–		4	–	3	–	0
Wake Forest		–		5	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines		–		3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers		–		3	–	4	–	1
Tennessee Docs		–		3	–	5	–	1
Catholic University		–		3	–	5	–	0
Delaware		–		3	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State Teachers		–		2	–	4	–	1
Duke		–		3	–	6	–	0
Georgia Normal		–		1	–	3	–	0
Richmond		–		2	–	7	–	0
Harding		–		1	–	5	–	0
West Tennessee State Teachers		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Tennessee Docs football team (variously "Docs", "UT Doctors" or the "Tennessee Medicos") represented the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis in the 1926 college football season. It was their last season of play. The final game saw Vanderbilt teammates Gil Reese and Jess Neely coach against one another.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 2	2:30 p.m.	West Tennessee State Teachers	Hodges Field Memphis, TN	W 21–0	1,000
October 9		at Loyola (LA)	Loyola University Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 6–14
October 16		Bethel (TN)	Hodges Field Memphis, TN	W 31–6
October 23	2:30 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Louisiana Tech Field Ruston, LA	T 0–0
October 30		Union (TN)	Hodges Field Memphis, TN	W 7–0
November 11		Ouachita Baptist	Hodges Field Memphis, TN	L 0–37
November 20		Cumberland (TN)	Hodges Field Memphis, TN	L 0–12
November 25		Southwestern (TN)	Hodges Field Memphis, TN	L 0–6	4,550
November 27		at Little Rock	Little Rock, AR	L 0–32
All times are in Central time

References

"Gil Reese To Join Nashville". The Miami News. November 30, 1926.
"Lynx Versus Docs on Turkey Day" (PDF). The Sou'wester. Vol. 7, no. 16. February 12, 1926. p. 3.
Bloom, David (October 2, 1926). "Doctor Open Grid Campaign Against Teachers "11" Today". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. p. 19. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
"Teachers hold the Doctors to 21 points in opening tilt". The Commercial Appeal. October 3, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tennessee Doctors Defeated By Loyola". The Shreveport Times. October 10, 1926. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tennessee Doctors slaughter Bethel". The Nashville Tennessean. October 17, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Elder, R. T. (October 24, 1926). "Polytech Bulldogs Outplaying Doctors When Game Is Halted Due to Rain". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Doctors defeat Union, 7–0 under miserable conditions". The Commercial Appeal. October 31, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Docs suffer crushing loss at hands of Ouachita, 37–0". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Cumberland Romps on Tennessee Docs". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. November 21, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Southwestern outclasses Doctors to triumph, 6 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 26, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Little Rock Wins Over Doctors, 32-0". The Knoxville Journal. Knoxville, Tennessee. Associated Press. November 28, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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